Job Openings in the MWCA Region

Chair, Department of Academic Enrichment

University of Central Missouri  <>  Effective June 16, 2008

Half-time administrative and half-time teaching position.

Duties:

• Administers a dynamic, multi-faceted, and nationally recognized student development and support program that serves all UCM students through credit courses in writing, mathematics, learning strategies, and supplemental instruction; academic support centers (Writing Center and Learning Center); TRIO programs (Student Support Services and McNair); and student success and retention programs (First-Year Experience, Learning Communities, Conditional Admit Program, Early Alert, Suspension Waiver, and Valuing Differences).

• Leads, energizes, and supports innovative and collaborative initiatives in student success and retention.

   

• Provides administrative leadership related to personnel, budgets, facilities, curriculum and services, public relations, and assessment

   

• Serves as Department advocate

   

• Understands and supports advanced technology in higher education

   

• Participates in professional and scholarly activities

   

• Possesses good communication, computer, and problem-solving skills

   

• Produces data regarding program management and assessment

   

• Supervises 16 full-time and 16 part-time personnel

Required: 

• Two masters, an educational specialist, or doctorate in writing, reading, mathematics, educational psychology, or related areas 

   

• College teaching experience in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, or related student development and success fields

   

Preferred: 

• Administrative experience in higher education.

Specific details about position, department, and university at www.ucmo.edu.  To apply, go to jobs.ucmo.edu and complete the faculty profile with three (3) professional references and attach a letter of application, vita, and transcripts to the specific position for consideration.  Review begins October 1, 2008, and continues until filled.